Lucy Cooke is a British zoologist, author, television producer, director, and presenter. She studied zoology under Richard Dawkins at New College, Oxford, specializing in evolution and animal behaviour. Lucy left academia to become an award-winning writer, producer, and presenter of documentaries for both TV and radio.

Lucy is a New York Times best-selling author whose books have been translated into over 20 languages. Her latest book, BITCH, was published in the UK and US to widespread critical acclaim and was chosen as one of the 50 best books of 2022 by the Telegraph. BITCH has already made it onto the syllabus of major international universities like Princeton and UCL, where Lucy has also lectured on the book. It has been adapted into the series Political Animals for BBC Radio 4 and is being developed into a TV documentary series.

Her previous book, The Unexpected Truth About Animals, was shortlisted for two prestigious awards: The Royal Society Science Book Prize 2018 (UK) and the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize (US). Selected chapters have been turned into animations for TED-Ed and featured on numerous podcasts, including two episodes of RadioLab.

Lucy is a familiar face of natural history broadcasting in both the UK and US. She began her presenting career hosting Freaks and Creeps on National Geographic Wild, a series based on her passion to highlight the weird and wonderful lives of species that often get overlooked in favour of charismatic megafauna. She has presented several primetime series in the UK for BBC 1, BBC2, BBC 4, and ITV.

She is also known for her work with sloths, founding the Sloth Appreciation Society. Lucy's sloth viral videos have been watched by millions, earning her a reputation as "the Steven Spielberg of sloth filmmaking." She wrote and produced the award-winning Meet the Sloths documentary.

Lucy has a regular column for BBC Wildlife magazine and writes book reviews for the New York Times and the Guardian. Her journalism has appeared in various prestigious publications, and she is a sought-after public speaker educating and inspiring on topics ranging from evolutionary biology to sustainability.